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Title	Glimpses of Nashville, Tennessee: Entrance Union Station
Corporate name	Union Station (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Streets--Tennessee--Nashville Railroads--Tennessee--Nashville Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville Railroads--Buildings and structures--Tennessee--Nashville Railroad stations--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description	A view of the entrance to Nashville’s Union Station circa early 1900s. The former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. The station is located on Broadway at Tenth Avenue. The station is an example of late-Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. The tower was originally topped by a bronze statue of the Roman god Mercury, but this ornamentation was toppled in a storm in 1951. Station usage reached its peak during World War II when it was the shipping-out point for tens of thousand of U.S. troops and the site of a USO canteen. Usage declined steadily after the war. By the late 1970s service was discontinued and the station was abandoned entirely. In the 1980s the main structure reopened as a historic hotel. Finding a modern use for the train shed where passengers had waited to board proved to be a more difficult challenge. When plans of creating a farmers market with the shelter failed to come to fruition, the structure was demolished after its design had been carefully recorded. In 1969 Union Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Forms part of Glimpses of Nashville, Tennessee. 1 booklet
Creator	Manx, Chicago
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	ca. 1900s
Type	Still Image; Text
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Glimpses of Nashville Book004 Entrance Union Station
Language	English
Relation	Glimpses of Nashville, Tennessee booklet
Coverage	1900-1909
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact: Metro Nashville Archives, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives, Glimpses of Nashville, Tennessee booklet